GHSA-83hf-93m4-rgwq: hickory-recursor (CVE-2026-42254)

Hickory DNS's Record Cache Accepts AUTHORITY-Section NS from Sibling Zone via Parent-Pool Zone-Context Elevation

CVSS 4.0 MediumEPSS 0.0016 · 5th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 30 Apr 2026, 18:10 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed in
hickory-recursor	crates.io	>=0.24.0, <0.26.0 \|\| =0.1	0.26.0

Identifiers

GHSA-83hf-93m4-rgwq · CVE-2026-42254

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-345 · CWE-706

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
4.0	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N	CNA (mitre)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0016, the 5th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

31 Oct 2026, 15:18 UTC First seen by agentprime
31 Oct 2026, 15:18 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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